18 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Section 926: Rules and regulations

Search 18 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Section 926: Rules and regulations

(a) The Attorney General may prescribe only such rules and
regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter, including -
(1) regulations providing that a person licensed under this
chapter, when dealing with another person so licensed, shall
provide such other licensed person a certified copy of this
license;
(2) regulations providing for the issuance, at a reasonable
cost, to a person licensed under this chapter, of certified
copies of his license for use as provided under regulations
issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
(3) regulations providing for effective receipt and secure
storage of firearms relinquished by or seized from persons
described in subsection (d)(8) or (g)(8) of section 922.
No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the
enactment of the Firearms Owners' Protection Act may require that
records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion
of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a
facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any
State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of
registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions
or dispositions be established. Nothing in this section expands or
restricts the Secretary's (!1) authority to inquire into the
disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal
investigation.
(b) The Attorney General shall give not less than ninety days
public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for
hearing, before prescribing such rules and regulations.
(c) The Attorney General shall not prescribe rules or regulations
that require purchasers of black powder under the exemption
provided in section 845(a)(5) of this title to complete affidavits
or forms attesting to that exemption.